September 20 - 21 – Stars came out this weekend to events honoring some VIPs no longer with us. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation took over Industria Superstudio, Diane Von Furstenberg’s complex, and the surrounding West Village streets on Saturday afternoon for its tenth Kids for Kids Carnival. Ellen Barkin, Whoopi Goldberg, Al Franken, Natalie Portman, Diane Sawyer, Julianne Moore and many more manned carnival-style game booths, mugged with Nickelodeon character SpongeBob, chowed down on food from NYC restaurants and raised over $1 million for research.

On Sunday, Leslie Uggams, Diahann Carroll, Savion Glover, Maurice Hines, Mercedes Ellington and others performed Broadway-style numbers in loving tribute to recently deceased Gregory Hines. The crowd at Harlem’s Apollo Theater included Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Eartha Kitt, Geoffrey Holder, Michelle Lee, Isabella Rosselini and Hines’ family. Nicole Kidman sat in back between Lenny Kravitz and Denzel Washington, who both snuck in through a side door to avoid the press.